Emmy (given name)

Gender	Female(Sometimes Male)
Meaning	short form of several names beginning in Em-
Related names	Emma, Emily, Emmanuelle

Emmy is a feminine (sometimes also masculine) given name.

Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi, Emmie. The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in ermen) or (more rarely) Emily, or Emmanuel (Emmanuelle). It came to be used as a separate (rare) German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.

As an officially given feminine name, Emmy ranked 66th in Sweden and 89th in France as of 2010. Emmy is rarely also encountered as a surname.

Notable people with the name include:

As a familiar form of Emma

As a familiar form of Emilie

As a familiar form of Emmanuel(le)

Other

Fictional characters

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